Tornadoes and Flood in Ohio, March 14, 2024

A tree fell onto a house.

Hail caused minor damage to some homes.

The tornado initially began at 1740EST over an open field in Adams County, Indiana, north of the intersection of East County Road 1200 South and South County Road 600 East and moved east toward the Indiana/Ohio State line.

The tornado entered Mercer County, Ohio, at 1745EST, along Skeels Road, where minor damage was observed to a house. The most confident corridor of EF-1 tornado damage, estimated to be around 100 mph, occurred shortly after the tornado developed. Most of the damage was confined to a few properties south of the intersection of Skeels Road and State Route 49. Several outbuildings were completely destroyed and one house received some roof damage. The tornado continued eastward and followed Carmel Church Road, where it caused numerous tree and additional outbuilding damage.

A more southeast motion of the tornado started at the intersection of Carmel Church Road and Erastus Durbin Road. Additional damage was observed between this location and the intersection of Now and Mud Pike Roads. The final corridor of damage was observed along Mud Pike Road and toward the intersection at State Route 118, where several homes were damaged. The tornado dissipated east of this location.

The tornado initially began in the city of Celina, a couple of blocks east of North Main Street, along East Anthony Street. A few houses received light damage to roofs and a few trees were knocked down. Additional light tree debris was noted along East Anthony Street toward College Avenue. The tornado continued eastward, causing tree and minor roofing damage to houses on Devonshire and Cumberland Drive. One house on Devonshire Drive had more significant roof damage. The tornado moved east from there, causing damage to the Menards store and Eastview Park, before crossing State Route 29. Sporadic tree damage was found between State Route 703 and State Route 29 as the tornado continued east. A few homes on Long Pine Drive and surrounding courts were damaged.

As the tornado neared Riley Road, it took on a more northeast motion, damaging several buildings south of State Route 29 before crossing from south to north. Damaged outbuildings, homes, and snapped/uprooted trees were then observed along Four Turkey Road north of State Route 29. After the tornado crossed State Route 29, the width of observed damage grew quite significantly, suggesting the circulation of the tornado grew. The observed damage, mostly consisting of damaged out-buildings, a few houses, and numerous trees, indicated an intensification of the tornado as well, with a swath of EF-1 damage stretching from Four Turkey Road to the Mercer/Auglaize County line. The tornado entered Auglaize County at 1808EST and continued east across the western part of the county before ending between Bay Road and Kettlersville Road at 1824EST.

The tornado initially began in the city of Celina in Mercer County, Ohio, at 1800EST. It moved east and entered Auglaize County, just north of State Route 29 at 1808EST. The tornado continued east, producing EF1 damage from the county line to around the intersection of State Route 116 and Markey Road, where the observed damage consisted mostly of damaged out-buildings, a few damaged houses, and numerous downed trees.

To the east of State Route 116, the tornado began to slowly contract in size as it continued eastward. Radar data showed a steady eastward motion with the circulation remaining intact for seven additional miles. The observed damage during this portion of the tornado was mostly tree related. The final observed damage was found along Bay Road, north of U.S. Route 33.

The tornado began immediately east of Interstate 75, south of Wapakoneta, where it damaged a farm on the west side of Cemetery Road. Video shared on social media showed the tornado rapidly strengthened west of Glacier Hill Lakes RV Resort, causing significant damage to a grove of trees west of the resort. After crossing a field, the tornado moved through the center of the resort, lofting campers and snapping trees. Two individuals at the resort suffered injuries that required hospitalization. The tornado continued eastward toward Wapak-Freyburg Road and caused significant damage to the Resort clubhouse and residential homes on the west side of the road. The collective damage done to the trees and buildings within this corridor of damage justified wind estimates of 140 mph, EF-3. The tornado moved into an open field east of Wapak-Freyburg Road at an unknown intensity.

Three-tenths of a mile south of Pusheta Road, the tornado caused significant tree damage to three separate groves of trees as it neared Town Line Road. Aerial images provided by the Auglaize County EMA/CERT confirmed the tornado was still strong, at least EF-2 strength, south of Pusheta Road. The tornado likely remained fairly strong as it impacted homes and outbuildings along Town Line Road, Ashburn Road, and Geyer Road. A brief weakening period, or narrowing of the tornado was observed near Geyer, where the tornado remained mainly over open fields.

The next period of intensification occurred between State Route 65 and Valley Road. Damage to a few homes and outbuildings, along with significant damage to a few groves of trees confirmed this period of intensification. The tornado began to make a more significant southeast turn between Wrestle Creek Road and Valley Road. The strong, likely EF2 tornado continued to move southeastward and entered Logan County at 1843EST, just north of Santa Fe.

The tornado continued east-southeast across much of Logan County before ending at 1916EST, 3 miles west-southwest of West Mansfield.

The tornado began in Auglaize County at 1829EST, 3 miles north of Botkins and moved east-southeast, entering Logan County at 1843EST, just north of Santa Fe. Areas of signifincant tree damage occurred along the path of the tornado across northwest Logan County.

The tornado strengthened as it approached the village of Lakeview, producing severe damage over much of the Lakeview area, beginning along Pine Street and Poplar Court. On Poplar Court, one single family residence was destroyed, with all walls collapsed. A corridor of severe damage continued directly southeast across Main Street, where wall collapse was noted along one business building and another well built construction was destroyed. Another single family home on North Oak Street, just to the east of U.S. Route 33 and west of Indian Lake, also had all walls collapsed from the tornado. The most significant damage occurred along this stretch of Lakeview, with maximum winds estimated to be up to 155 mph, or EF-3. The width of the tornado was a half mile at this point. Three fatalities and 25 injuries occurred in the Lakeview area.

Damage, primarily of EF-2 magnitude, continued southeast of Lakeview, affecting areas near U.S. Route 33 and State Route 366. The survey team noted roofs removed from single family homes, several outbuildings destroyed and also destruction of numerous manufactured homes. One business near the intersection of U.S. Route 33 and Township Highway 239 had total wall collapse, indicative of 140 mph winds, or low end EF-3 damage.

The tornado then crossed a portion of Indian Lake and moved across Orchard Island. Numerous manufactured homes were completely destroyed in a mobile home park area at Orchard Island, with the damage on Orchard Island rated as high end EF-2.

The tornado moved over another section of Indian Lake, producing damage over a community on the eastern side of the lake, affecting Park Drive, Maple Street and Walnut Street. Several homes had their roofs completely removed, although most walls remained standing.

The tornado continued to move to the southeast, crossing State Route 366 and State Route 117 to the north of Huntsville. The tornado had weakened to EF-1 intensity at this point, with hardwood tree damage and outbuilding damage or destruction noted. Damage became much more sporadic and weaker across eastern Logan County with some minor tree damage noted just southwest of West Mansfield. The tornado is believed to have dissipated near County Road 8, just east of State Route 292.

The tornado developed at 1850EST in Randolph County, Indiana, just south of Farmland. The tornado traveled east across Randolph County and entered Darke County, Ohio, at 1920EST, about 2.5 miles west-southwest of Hill Grove.

As the tornado moved east across Darke County, it produced EF-1 damage at several locations, with winds estimated to be as high as 110 MPH. Some of the roads with the greatest impact in Darke County were Fisher Dangler Road, Fox Road, and Horatio Harris Creek Road. Several homes had partial roof removal, with debris scattered into tree lines and across adjacent fields. Two injuries were reported in Greenville Township.

The tornado entered Miami County at 1952EST as it crossed State Route 721, just north of Grandview Drive. The tornado ended along State Route 48, near the intersection with Klinger Road at 2000EST.

The tornado developed in far western Union County near Newton Perkins Road and strengthened as it moved east across Lunda and Morse Roads where it caused some roof damage to homes. The tornado quickly strengthened further and affected a number of homes along Evans Road as it crossed State Route 739 and then continued southeast to areas just north of Broadway. Across portions of that corridor, damage was consistent with wind speeds of 115 to 125 mph. One modular home was completely destroyed with its contents thrown downstream nearly a half mile and another home lost a majority of its roof with exterior wall collapse.

Significant tree damage was observed near Broadway, including in a cemetery just to the east of Broadway. As the tornado passed Broadway and continued southeast across State Routes 31 and 4, a number of additional homes and barns were impacted, with roof damage being common. Tree damage along the entire length of the tornado was considerable with trees uprooted and trunks snapped. The tornado crossed into Delaware County about 4 miles northeast of New Dover at 1948EST. The tornado continued east across far western Delaware County before ending at 1952EST, about 2 miles northeast of Ostrander.

The tornado initially developed in Union County, at 1924EST, about 1.3 mile west of Lunda. The tornado moved east-southeast and entered Delaware County at 1948EST, about 2 miles northwest of Ostrander. As the tornado moved east across far western, it produced mainly tree damage before ending near U.S. Route 36.

The tornado developed at 1850EST in Randolph County, Indiana, just south of Farmland. The tornado traveled east across Randolph County, Indiana, and Darke County, Ohio, and entered Miami County at 1952EST, along State Route 721, just north of Grandview Drive. The tornado reached EF-2 intensity with winds of up to 120 mph near the intersection of Klinger and Rangeline Roads. Two homes had a significant amount of roof and some external wall removal while other nearby properties had outbuildings that were severely damaged.

The last damage was noted along State Route 48 near the intersection with Klinger Road. The tornado is believed to have dissipated near this location at 2000EST.

The tornado developed in central Delaware County near U.S. Route 23. As the tornado crossed U.S. Route 23, it strengthened and widened and caused more widespread structural damage as it crossed the Olentangy River. Even more significant damage occurred as it moved along Berlin Station Road and in other areas of Berlin Township. Along this portion of the track, a number of homes sustained siding and roof damage and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Several barns were also destroyed. In the vicinity of Olentangy Berlin High School, parts of the school campus and athletic fields were damaged, signs were bent over, and several free-standing transmission towers were felled. In this area, maximum wind speeds were estimated to be around 110 mph.

The tornado crossed Alum Creek Reservoir and moved into neighborhoods southwest of Sunbury and west of Galena, where it caused widespread and significant tree damage and a large number of homes had windows blown out, roofs partially removed, and power poles snapped. Damage in these areas was consistent with wind speeds from 95 to 105 mph.

As the tornado moved through the Galena area, there was a complex mix of straight-line wind damage through southern parts of the town of Galena with tornadic damage embedded across the north side of Galena. The damage field through this area was notably wide.

The tornado entered Licking County at 2022EST, about 3 miles SSE of Condit, and continued to moved east-southeast across much of northern Licking County before ending at 2050 EST, about 1 mile south-southeast of St. Louisville.

The tornado developed at 2001EST, about 3 miles south of Delaware, and moved east southeast across Delaware County. It entered Licking County at 2021EST, about 4 miles west-southwest of Hartford, where the damage path remained quite wide and was likely a complex mix of straight-line winds on the immediate southern flank of the tornadic circulation. However, the damage was very consistent with wind speeds ranging from 90 to 100 mph across most of Licking County. Along this entire stretch of the damage path, the damage was a combination of partial roofs removed on some homes, barns completely destroyed or heavily damaged, widespread trees uprooted and snapped, and power poles snapped.

The tornado dissipated between State Route 13 and Horns Hills Road south of St. Louisville.

A few trees and power lines were downed in Wayne Township.

High water was reported in Russells Point near Indian Lake.

A few trees were downed on 12 Mile Road.

A few trees were downed.

A few trees were downed on Blue Sky Park Road.